In the longer view of things, liberalism might actually be one of the most unstable systems of government ever tried.
Consider that the government of the current US constitution, the longest-running experiment in democracy since the ancient Greeks, is about as old as the Chakri dynasty of Thailand, and much younger than many other long-lived regimes.
It's entirely possible liberal democracy only obtains in a very narrow set of short-lived conditions, and naturally tends to devolve into previous political forms the moment those conditions disappear (cf. Fukuyama's final chapter in 'End of History').
I find it interesting that the liberal withering you see all over the West is much less present in Israel, where you have:
1. Mandatory conscription
2. A state of constant war
3. A 'frontier' to be settled
4. Overt assimilation of immigrants into a national ideal
1. Mandatory conscription
2. A state of constant war
3. A 'frontier' to be settled
4. Overt assimilation of immigrants into a national ideal
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